שקל

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Aramaic

Verb

שקל • (transliteration needed)

  1. to take, to remove

Descendants

  • → North Levantine Arabic: شقل (šaʔal)

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
שׁ־ק־ל (sh-q-l)

From the root שׁ־ק־ל (sh-q-l), in the pa`ál conjugation. From Proto-Semitic *ṯql (“to weigh; burden, weight”); cognate with Arabic ثقل and Aramaic תקל.

Pronunciation

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Verb

שָׁקַל • (shakál) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִשְׁקַל)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to weigh, weigh in
  2. (transitive) to weigh, ponder, contemplate
Conjugation
Conjugation of שָׁקַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שָׁקַלְתִּי שָׁקַלְנוּ
second שָׁקַלְתָּ שָׁקַלְתְּ שְׁקַלְתֶּם1 שְׁקַלְתֶּן1
third שָׁקַל שָׁקְלָה שָׁקְלוּ
present שׁוֹקֵל שׁוֹקֶלֶת שׁוֹקְלִים שׁוֹקְלוֹת
future first אשקול / אֶשְׁקֹל נשקול / נִשְׁקֹל
second תשקול / תִּשְׁקֹל תִּשְׁקְלִי תִּשְׁקְלוּ תשקולנה / תִּשְׁקֹלְנָה2
third ישקול / יִשְׁקֹל תשקול / תִּשְׁקֹל יִשְׁקְלוּ תשקולנה / תִּשְׁקֹלְנָה2
imperative שקול / שְׁקֹל שִׁקְלִי שִׁקְלוּ שקולנה / שְׁקֹלְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced שָׁקַלְתֶּם and שָׁקַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
Further reading

Etymology 2

Root
שׁ־ק־ל (sh-q-l)

From the root שׁ־ק־ל (sh-q-l, “weigh”) (compare English pound and Spanish lira and peso, terms related to weight that turned into names of currencies).

Pronunciation

Noun

שֶׁקֶל • (shékel) m (plural indefinite שְׁקָלִים, singular construct שֶׁקֶל־)

  1. sheqel, the name of Israel's currency unit since 24 February 1980.
  2. (historical) shekel, unit of weight used throughout the Fertile Crescent, especially in commercial transactions (corresponds to 11.33 grams in the Judean system of measurement of the 8-6th centuries BCE).
  3. (historical) a currency unit in the monetary system used in the Levant region around the beginning of the Common Era.
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew שקל (shékel).

Pronunciation

Noun

שקל • (shekl) m, plural שקלים (shkolem)

  1. shekel (current and ancient coin used in Israel)
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